Book Reviews : Pieska, Kari, Alkula, Riitta and Heimburger, Anneli Publishing on CD-ROM. 1995, Espoo, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus (VTT), 106p., ISBN 951-38-4814- 0, ISSN 1235-0605. (VTT Research Notes 1659)

Abstract

120 with newspapers and periodical publications, followed by 'other' services. This final section occupies 60 pages and is arranged in alphabetical order. The whole work (175pp) has a three page index. It is therefore necessary to read the list through in its entirety in order to discover what exists relevant to a specific subject field. This seems a major shortcoming in a work that is likely to be used as a source for information, rather than being read through as a whole.The work will provide a useful guide to the novice, especially to someone who is faced with setting up a service and has received no training in information work. For someone who has received training the stating of the obvious in some places will undoubtedly be a deterrent to further perusal. It is a pity that a work dealing with this subject makes no reference at all to well trained information workers with long memories who develop an instinctive feel for where to find information. The lack of a bibliography and of a fuller index constitute major handicaps. Reference to Butcher's Copy editing would have clarified much in the section on how to make references, for example. There are some grammatical infelicities such as singular nouns with plural verbs and some spelling mistakes, such as 'benefitted' and one or two other minor errors that should have been edited out by the publisher. All in all, it constitutes a handy addition to the literature on the subject. This is the report of a project, funded by Nordinfo and VTT and carried out by VTT in co-operation with the Royal Library, Copenhagen, to investigate the basic operations involved in setting up a CD-ROM database publishing operation. The study is particularly useful as it incorporates several features not often found together in similar CD-ROM database development studies. The techniques described are particularly designed to suit the special circumstances prevailing in Scandinavian countries (special character sets, multilingual aspects, local availability of software and equipment), a feature transferable to other, similar, conditions prevailing in other countries. A do-ityourself or ' cookbook' style approach is taken, setting out step by step the necessary phases required for publishing on CD-ROM, from project analysis, database design, and data capture, conversion and preparation through to inhouse production, pre-mastering, mastering, replication and packaging. In its general outline of electronic publishing, some of the advantages and disadvantages are noted, as are the main alternatives of magnetic media, optical discs and electronic publication via networks such as the Internet. The guide carefully avoids the common fault of dealing with electronic publishing in isolation and the vital first stage of redefinition and redesign of the publishing process is covered, including: multilingual aspects; software selection (with specific software packages listed for file indexers, document managers, advanced word processors,

Role of HTS devices in greenhouse gas emission reduction

“…Coal-fired power stations worldwide consume over 2500 million tons of coal each year to produce 38% of the total generated electricity [10]. In Finland, the share of hard coal was 8.4 TWh or 10.6% [9,11]. Therefore, it is clear that the proportion of hard coal in electricity generation shall be reduced.…”